[UPHPU] Rails vs PHP

[John David Anderson]

On Mar 23, 2007, at 6:07 PM, jtaber wrote:

> Well yeah, I understand the difference between a language and  
> framework but in reality people develop web sites/applications  
> using PHP (generally without frameworks) and/or RubyonRails (among  
> others) so as far as the overall development process goes, it is a  
> fair comparison to look at choosing one approach or the other.

I guess this is why I raise the question - I already develop in PHP  
using a rails like framework.

> What advantages does Ruby language have over PHP ?  Many Ruby/Rails  
> users would say Ruby is "cleaner".  It also has a different  
> iterator syntax.  And it has more of a object-oriented  
> architecture.  And no $ :)  Personally I prefer the more C / java  
> like syntax of PHP.

Ruby is hard for me to read, but I'm getting better at it. Sometimes  
flexible syntax makes for difficulty in understanding.

-- John